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<span id="contributing-to-django"></span><h1>Contributing to Django<a class="headerlink" href="#contributing-to-django" title="Permalink to this headline">¶</a></h1>
<p>Django is a community that lives on its volunteers. As it keeps growing, we
always need more people to help others. As soon as you learn Django, you can
contribute in many ways:</p>
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<li>Join the <a class="reference external" href="https://forum.djangoproject.com/">Django forum</a>. This forum is a place for discussing the Django
framework and applications and projects that use it. This is also a good
place to ask and answer any questions related to installing, using, or
contributing to Django.</li>
<li>Join the <a class="reference internal" href="../mailing-lists.html#django-users-mailing-list"><span class="std std-ref">django-users</span></a> mailing list and answer questions. This
mailing list has a huge audience, and we really want to maintain a
friendly and helpful atmosphere. If you’re new to the Django community,
you should read the <a class="reference external" href="https://code.djangoproject.com/wiki/UsingTheMailingList">posting guidelines</a>.</li>
<li>Join the <a class="reference external" href="irc://irc.freenode.net/django">#django IRC channel</a> on Freenode and answer questions. By
explaining Django to other users, you’re going to learn a lot about the
framework yourself.</li>
<li>Blog about Django. We syndicate all the Django blogs we know about on
the <a class="reference external" href="https://www.djangoproject.com/community/">community page</a>; if you’d like to see your blog on that page you
can <a class="reference external" href="https://www.djangoproject.com/community/add/blogs/">register it here</a>.</li>
<li>Contribute to open-source Django projects, write some documentation, or
release your own code as an open-source pluggable application. The
ecosystem of pluggable applications is a big strength of Django, help us
build it!</li>
</ul>
<p>If you think working <em>with</em> Django is fun, wait until you start working <em>on</em>
it. We’re passionate about helping Django users make the jump to contributing
members of the community, so there are several ways you can help Django’s
development:</p>
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<li><a class="reference internal" href="bugs-and-features.html"><span class="doc">Report bugs</span></a> in our <a class="reference external" href="https://code.djangoproject.com/">ticket tracker</a>.</li>
<li>Join the <a class="reference internal" href="../mailing-lists.html#django-developers-mailing-list"><span class="std std-ref">django-developers</span></a> mailing list and share your ideas for how
to improve Django. We’re always open to suggestions. You can also interact
on the <a class="reference external" href="irc://irc.freenode.net/django-dev">#django-dev IRC channel</a>.</li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="writing-code/submitting-patches.html"><span class="doc">Submit patches</span></a> for new and/or
fixed behavior. If you’re looking for an easy way to start contributing
to Django read the <a class="reference internal" href="../../intro/contributing.html"><span class="doc">Writing your first patch for Django</span></a> tutorial and have a look at the
<a class="reference external" href="https://code.djangoproject.com/query?status=!closed&amp;easy=1">easy pickings</a> tickets. The <a class="reference internal" href="writing-code/submitting-patches.html#patch-review-checklist"><span class="std std-ref">Patch review checklist</span></a> will also be
helpful.</li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="writing-documentation.html"><span class="doc">Improve the documentation</span></a> or
<a class="reference internal" href="writing-code/unit-tests.html"><span class="doc">write unit tests</span></a>.</li>
<li><a class="reference internal" href="triaging-tickets.html"><span class="doc">Triage tickets and review patches</span></a> created by
other users.</li>
</ul>
<p>Really, <strong>ANYONE</strong> can do something to help make Django better and greater!</p>
<p>Browse the following sections to find out how:</p>
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<li class="toctree-l1"><a class="reference internal" href="new-contributors.html">Advice for new contributors</a><ul>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="writing-code/javascript.html">JavaScript</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="writing-documentation.html#getting-started-with-sphinx">Getting started with Sphinx</a></li>
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<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="writing-documentation.html#translating-documentation">Translating documentation</a></li>
<li class="toctree-l2"><a class="reference internal" href="writing-documentation.html#django-admin-man-page"><code class="docutils literal notranslate"><span class="pre">django-admin</span></code> man page</a></li>
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